“Yuxing Lake?”
When Li Feng returned to Tianya Pavilion and told Zhong Shuhui the news, a glint appeared in her eyes. “Young Master, give me three days. I will definitely investigate it thoroughly.”
Li Feng nodded. Whether the information was true or false, he preferred to believe it existed for now. As long as he could locate Blood Shadow, everything would become manageable.
Open spears are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are hard to guard against. Someone like Blood Shadow, lurking in the dark like a venomous snake, was truly impossible to defend against. Even if killing Blood Shadow meant Chen Junyi would simply send someone else after him, that was a future concern, not something he needed to consider right now.
Moreover, Blood Shadow did not just want to kill him. He wanted to kill the people around him as well, something Li Feng could never tolerate.
“By the way, Zhong Shuhui, people from Blood Sand have reappeared in Tianhai City,” Li Feng said gravely, thinking of the colourful butterfly he had seen at the Imperial Hotel.
“Blood Sand.” Zhong Shuhui’s expression changed. Last time, dealing with Shura had cost them dearly. Was Blood Sand making a comeback so soon?
“Yes. I saw Blood Sand’s Colourful Butterfly at the Imperial Hotel last night. She was there,” Li Feng nodded.
“Did Young Master not capture her?” A glint appeared in Zhong Shuhui’s eyes. With Li Feng’s abilities, taking down Colourful Butterfly would have been effortless, so she was puzzled why he had not done so.
“I did not want to alert the enemy prematurely. Besides, Colourful Butterfly is still at the Imperial Hotel right now.” Li Feng could easily hack into the hotel’s surveillance system, so he was certain she had not left.
“Young Master, we need to deal with Blood Shadow at this critical time. If Blood Sand interferes, it will not be good for us. In my view, we should capture Colourful Butterfly as soon as possible, even if it alerts the enemy,” Zhong Shuhui said gravely.
Blood Sand was an assassin organisation that would use any means to achieve their goals. Last time, Shura had prepared human bombs to kill Li Feng. In her opinion, Blood Sand was even harder to deal with than Blood Shadow. They were already exhausted from handling one Blood Shadow. If Blood Sand joined in, Zhong Shuhui truly did not know how they would cope.
Now Zhong Shuhui was somewhat worried that Li Feng was playing too big a game and might eventually lose control.
A glint appeared in Li Feng’s eyes as he hesitated. He did not know how many assassins Blood Sand had sent to Tianhai City this time. Shura’s death had clearly revealed his strength to them. If Blood Sand wanted to kill him, the people they dispatched this time would definitely be stronger than Shura, very likely a gold-level assassin from Blood Sand. If a gold-level assassin truly existed, would killing Colourful Butterfly and alerting the enemy even matter?
He was currently seriously injured, with strength only at the third level of the Postnatal realm. He might not even be able to handle an assassination attempt from Colourful Butterfly, let alone a gold-level assassin.
After all, if Shura’s strength placed him only at silver level in Blood Sand, then a gold-level assassin was likely an Innate realm expert. Even at his peak, he would not be a match for an Innate realm expert, let alone now.
“Young Master…”
Li Feng said gravely, “Zhong Shuhui, I will consider this matter. Besides, to kill Colourful Butterfly, I need to recover my strength first. By the way, last time you mentioned that several hundred people from Tianyan in Su City had come to Tianhai City. Now that Tianyan’s leader Wei Kang is dead, what has happened to those people?”
“Still the same as before,” Zhong Shuhui replied.
“The same as before? How is that possible? Wei Kang was Tianyan’s leader. With him dead, it would be impressive if Tianyan’s forces did not fall apart completely. How can everything remain unchanged, without any fluctuation?” Li Feng was stunned.
“That is what puzzles me as well. Unless, in Tianhai City, someone besides Wei Kang is controlling Tianyan,” Zhong Shuhui thought for a moment before answering.
“Someone else? Who? Zhu Yuanyang?” A cold glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes as he said gravely, “Zhong Shuhui, I intend to teach these Tianyan people a lesson.”
“A lesson?”
“Yes. Wei Kang wanted to kill me, so I cannot remain indifferent. Immediately go and make arrangements. Deploy two squads from the Black Hawk team to attack these Tianyan people. I want to see what the other side is planning.” A cold light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He could not understand why Wei Kang had come to Tianhai City, nor why, after transferring so many Tianyan members here, they had remained inactive last night when Wei Kang tried to kill him. So he had no choice but to cast a stone to test the waters and uncover the opponent’s intentions.
“I will arrange it at once.” Zhong Shuhui’s eyes lit up.
After seeing Zhong Shuhui off, Li Feng took out a spirit stone, sat cross-legged, and began cultivating.
For Li Feng, the most important thing now was to recover his strength. Otherwise, whether dealing with Blood Shadow or Blood Sand, without strength, he could only be slaughtered.
After cultivating through the night, Li Feng felt his strength had only recovered slightly. At this rate, even by the time of the Fist King Championship, he would not return to his peak.
“It seems I must make a trip to the Ancient Martial Arts Association. See if there is anything there that can quickly heal my injuries.”
Li Feng frowned. The Ancient Martial Arts Association was no ordinary place. Although one could buy desired resources there, the prices were astonishingly high. Last time, he had spent two billion at the association, then given the company three billion. This time, after paying compensation to the families of his fallen subordinates and giving a sum to Su Kou, he basically had no money left. Even if the association had what he needed, he probably could not afford it.
What should he do?
Going to the Ancient Martial Arts Association without several hundred million in funds would be pointless. At this moment, Li Feng finally understood the saying that a penny can stump a hero.
“It seems the most urgent thing now is to get money.” A wry smile flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He had never expected to be troubled over money.
Li Feng’s gaze fell on his spatial bag. “Do I really have to sell my possessions this time?”
“No.”
Li Feng quickly rejected the idea. Most of the resources in his spatial bag had been seized from others. If they fell into the wrong hands, it would spell big trouble. He already had enough problems. He absolutely could not create additional complications at this time.
Knock knock knock!
A knocking sound rang out.
“Come in.” Li Feng snapped out of his thoughts.
“Young Master Feng, someone wants to see you,” a young man entered and said.
“Who?” Li Feng frowned.
“The person only said his surname is Jiang,” the young man replied.
“Take him to the Number One lounge.”
Surname Jiang. Among the people he knew, the only one with that surname was Jiang Yong. Could it be him?
A cold glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes.
Jiang Yong had first teamed up with Murong Kang against him, then been with Wu De. What was he here for this time? To avenge Wu De?
Li Feng gave a cold laugh. Jiang Yong did not have the strength for that. Besides, if he wanted revenge for Wu De, he would not come to see him.
“I want to see what you are up to.”
Li Feng laughed coldly and walked towards the Number One lounge.
“Young Master Feng.” In the lounge, Jiang Yong quickly stood up when he saw Li Feng enter.
“Young Master Jiang, what brings you here today?” Li Feng asked bluntly. Jiang Yong was always either with Murong Kang or Wu De. Li Feng was never polite to someone like him.
“Young Master Feng, I came to bring you information,” Jiang Yong said quickly.
“Bring information? What information?” Li Feng was startled, his gaze fixed on Jiang Yong. “Young Master Jiang, are you sure you came to inform me, not to seek revenge?”
“Young Master Feng, there is no enmity between us. Why would I seek revenge? The incident at the seaside last time was a misunderstanding. If not for Murong Kang, I would never have gone,” Jiang Yong said hurriedly.
“Is that so? I thought you came to avenge Wu De, since I did kill him after all.” A sharp glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes as he looked at Jiang Yong with a half-smile.
“How could that be, Young Master Feng? Last time, I was only attending a dinner at Wu De’s invitation. I never intended to become your enemy,” Jiang Yong said quickly. Regardless of whether Li Feng was truly the eunuch rumoured, Jiang Yong dared not oppose him now. Wu De’s death had shocked him profoundly. Although the Wu family was only a first-rate family, Li Feng’s fearless killing of Wu De showed he was an extraordinarily bold figure. Jiang Yong’s own strength was limited, and he had no experts to rival Li Feng. This trip to Tianhai City was not meant for making enemies, so he had decided to show goodwill towards Li Feng. That was one of the reasons for his visit today.
“Is that so?” Li Feng smiled ambiguously. He did not believe Jiang Yong had never intended to oppose him, but he said nothing more. Instead, he gestured to the sofa. “Young Master Jiang, sit.”
“Thank you, Young Master Feng.”
Li Feng sat opposite Jiang Yong and asked, “Young Master Jiang, you said you came to bring information. Tell me, what is it?”
“Young Master Feng, Murong Kang wants to deal with you,” Jiang Yong said gravely.
“Murong Kang?”
Li Feng recalled memories of Murong Kang and gave a cold laugh. “A mere clown. Do you think I would fear him?”
“With Young Master Feng’s skills, of course you need not fear him personally. But the people around you, especially your women, are different,” Jiang Yong shook his head.
A cold light shot from Li Feng’s eyes. “What do you mean? Is Murong Kang planning to target the people around me?”
Jiang Yong nodded. “If I am not mistaken, yes. Moreover, Murong Kang has been preparing for a long time. He will make his move in the next few days.”
Li Feng gave a cold laugh, his gaze fixed on Jiang Yong. “Young Master Jiang, how do you know this? You are not going to tell me Murong Kang told you himself, are you?”
“Of course Murong Kang would not tell me. But after being friends with him for so many years, I naturally understand his temperament and methods. So I can guess some of his plans,” Jiang Yong said.
“Friends? Do you count as Murong Kang’s friend?” Li Feng laughed coldly.
“Friends are there to be betrayed when there is enough benefit,” Jiang Yong said indifferently.
A glint appeared in Li Feng’s eyes. “Then tell me, what do you want from me? Informing me of this, your goal is probably not as simple as showing goodwill, is it?”
